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1266 3b. from Survival in Auschqitz Primo Levi translated by Stuart Woolf

1266 3b. Why is he reluctant to translate the German officer's comments into Italian?

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He hates the cold German language and knows their questions won't be answered by the officers anyway.

"This Flesch, who is most unwilling to translate into Italian the hard cold German phrases and refuses to turn into German our questions because he knows that it is useless."

He hates the cold German language and knows their questions won't be answered by the officers anyway.

"This Flesch, who is most unwilling to translate into Italian the hard cold German phrases and refuses to turn into German our questions because he knows that it is useless." (This isn't bad at all am I right?) hehehehehehehe. har, har, har.